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Let me tell you why the CAAAP exists and why it matters more than any other anger assessment you’ll ever use. I’m going to share this the way I wish someone had explained it to me twenty years ago – not as a dry academic exercise, but as a real conversation between professionals who understand that behind every assessment score is a human being whose life hangs in the balance.
Picture this: You’re sitting across from James, a 42-year-old construction foreman. His wife gave him an ultimatum – get help for his anger or she’s taking the kids and leaving. His employer is threatening termination after his third “incident” with a subcontractor. He’s facing assault charges from a bar fight. Traditional anger assessments would give you a number, maybe classify him as “high anger.” Then what? You’d know he’s angry – which everyone already knew – but you’d have no idea what kind of angry, why he’s angry, what triggers it, how it manifests, what’s maintaining it, or most importantly, what specific interventions would actually help him.
What Makes the CAAAP Different
The Two-Score Revolution
To understand why the CAAAP is revolutionary, you first need to understand the fatal flaw in traditional anger assessments. Let me explain with a story that will make this crystal clear.
Imagine two men, Robert and James, who both come to you for anger assessment. Using a traditional tool like the State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory (STAXI-2) – which has been the gold standard since 1999 – both men score 75 out of 100. Traditional interpretation says they both have “significant anger problems” and should receive the same treatment. Most programs would put them in the same anger management group and expect similar outcomes.
But here’s what that single score hides. Robert is a combat veteran who experiences explosive anger when triggered by loud noises or feeling trapped. He has no coping skills, no support system, and genuinely believes his anger is justified protection. When he gets angry, he sees red, blacks out, and has put three people in the hospital. Between episodes, he’s haunted by shame and hopelessness.
James is a successful businessman who knows exactly how to manage his anger – he exercises, uses breathing techniques, has a therapist, and strong family support. His problem? In specific situations with specific authority figures who remind him of his abusive father, all those skills fly out the window. He becomes verbally cruel in calculated ways that have destroyed multiple professional relationships. He knows what he’s doing while he’s doing it but feels powerless to stop.
Traditional assessment sees these men as the same. Same score, same treatment, same expected outcome. Is it any wonder that anger management programs have such high failure rates?
The CAAAP solves this by measuring two completely different things. First, it measures the Problem Score – how severe are the anger issues across multiple domains? But then – and this is the revolution – it separately measures the Coping Score – what resources, skills, and strengths does this person already possess?
Using the CAAAP, Robert would show a Problem Score of 687 out of 820 (severe range) and a Coping Score of 42 out of 220 (minimal resources). This combination reveals an Explosive Anger Profile (EAP) – someone with severe anger that erupts suddenly with minimal ability to regulate. His anger goes from zero to one hundred in seconds, often triggered by trauma-related stimuli, with little awareness of escalation until after the explosion. He needs intensive intervention starting with basic safety planning, physiological regulation techniques, and trauma-informed stabilization.
James would show a Problem Score of 445 out of 820 (moderate range) but a Coping Score of 198 out of 220 (excellent resources). This pattern suggests a Situational-Reactive Profile (SRP) combined with elements of Hostile Attribution Profile (HAP) – someone who generally manages well but has specific situational triggers that override their skills, particularly around perceived authority challenges. He doesn’t need to learn anger management; he needs to understand his specific trigger patterns, process the underlying authority-related trauma, and develop protocols for high-risk situations.
Do you see how this changes everything? Instead of one number that tells us almost nothing, we get a complete picture that points directly to what each person actually needs.
What We're All About
About The Anger Management Educational Resource
Founded in 2020 by Whitney Rudkin in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, The Anger Management Educational Resource (TAMER) provides court-mandated anger management programs online.
Our Mission-To provide accessible, professional anger management education that meets court requirements while helping individuals develop healthier ways to manage anger.
Our Founder
Whitney Rudkin brings over three decades of experience in criminal justice, including:
- Private Investigation Agency Owner
- Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice
- Curriculum Director for at-risk youth
- Specialized training in defense investigations, child abuse investigations, and correctional programs
Location
2400 NW 23rd Street
Oklahoma City, OK
We are a community-based alternative -sentencing program that specializes in working with violent offenders. Our programs were designed with a strong foundation in cognitive theory and tailored using best practices in web development.
Two years of professional development went into the creation of our training materials, making the needs of the client the primary focus, while ensuring that our lesson plans were closely aligned with the National Anger Management Association.
In addition to the coursework, individual and group anger management sessions are hosted by a Certified Anger Management Specialist, trained by N.A.M.A. and are held right here on our website.
Most courts are hesitant to allow online anger management programs as an acceptable form of alternative sentencing. We found a need to bring an evidence-based training program online and we are here to set the bar for the online community.
What We're All About
About The Anger Management Educational Resource
Founded in 2020 by Whitney Rudkin in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, The Anger Management Educational Resource (TAMER) provides court-mandated anger management programs online.
Our Mission-To provide accessible, professional anger management education that meets court requirements while helping individuals develop healthier ways to manage anger.
Our Founder
Whitney Rudkin brings over three decades of experience in criminal justice, including:
- Private Investigation Agency Owner
- Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice
- Curriculum Director for at-risk youth
- Specialized training in defense investigations, child abuse investigations, and correctional programs
Location
2400 NW 23rd Street
Oklahoma City, OK
We are a community-based alternative -sentencing program that specializes in working with violent offenders. Our programs were designed with a strong foundation in cognitive theory and tailored using best practices in web development.
Two years of professional development went into the creation of our training materials, making the needs of the client the primary focus, while ensuring that our lesson plans were closely aligned with the National Anger Management Association.
In addition to the coursework, individual and group anger management sessions are hosted by a Certified Anger Management Specialist, trained by N.A.M.A. and are held right here on our website.
Most courts are hesitant to allow online anger management programs as an acceptable form of alternative sentencing. We found a need to bring an evidence-based training program online and we are here to set the bar for the online community.
About the Creator
Whitney Rudkin has spent over three decades in the field of criminal justice. She began her career as a private investigator and owned a reputable private investigation agency in downtown Edmond, Oklahoma. She graduated with a B.A. in Sociology and then her M.A. in Criminal Justice Management and Administration in 2000 from the University of Central Oklahoma. She has taught as the Curriculum Director at a Charter School for At Risk Youth for the Oklahoma City Public Schools and has spent two decades as a professor teaching in the field of sociology and criminal justice. She has taught in the classroom, online, and via satellite for the inmates incarcerated in the care of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections.
She has had specialized training in defense investigations through the Oklahoma County D.A.s Office, child abuse investigations through the Oklahoma City Police Department, correctional officer training through the Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Department, rape crisis intervention training through the Y.W.C.A., and anger management training through the National Anger Management Association. She is recently retired and remains an active volunteer for non-profits she holds dear. If you would like to review her full portfolio, click here.
Our Mission
Our mission is to provide students, employees, offenders, and the individual with exceptional educational resources, guidance, and instruction which will aid in their self-enrichment, enhance their personal and working relationships, and give offenders the critical tools necessary to avoid incarceration.
Our goal is to promote change through evidence based and cognitive based therapy, practicing self-awareness and developing self-control over the thought process, in turn, motivating behavioral change. Our courses are a great fit for court ordered educational training, corporate continued education, health and wellness, as well as self-enrichment and self-improvement.
Our courses stand alone from other anger and violence programs that consist of just a workbook and pre-recorded lectures. We offer engaging activities, videos, and virtual simulations that engage the student in decision making. The students’ decisions affect the path of the simulations.
Students can work the curriculum at their own pace and on their own schedule. Our site is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. They must, however, complete the coursework and attend the required number of group meetings before earning their “Certificate of Completion” Along with their online curriculum, they will be expected to keep an “Anger Log”, which they will be expected to bring with them to the group meetings. Upon graduation, the assessment will be taken again and the student will meet with their CAMS Specialist to discuss the tools they have learned in our program and be awarded a “Certificate of Completion’. The certificate can be verified by scanning the QR Code printed on the certificate and entering the certificate number on our website.
Each course includes an assessment called the AMASF (Anger Management Association Short Form), published by the National Anger Management Association (N.A.M.A.). The student will meet with a Certified Anger Management Specialist (C.A.M.S.) the first week of the program to assess his/her needs, discuss strategies in the curriculum and map out a plan of action. We will then review the expectations required for a successful completion of the course.
After meeting with a CAMS Specialist, the student will start the program by logging into the site and beginning the online coursework, which is closely aligned with N.A.M.A. We have the student alternate each week between the curriculum and group sessions.
Our individual and group meetings are facilitated by a Certified Anger Management Specialist trained by N.A.M.A. The student may choose to attend their group meetings in the traditional classroom (if in the Oklahoma City metro area) or on our video platform hosted on the tamer.world website.
Best Industry Leaders
Our mission is to provide students, employees, offenders, and the individual with first-rate guidance, teaching leading principles in controlling anger.
Learn at Your Own Pace
Our courses are a great fit for court ordered educational training, corporate continued education, health and wellness self-enrichment or self-improvement.
Professional Certification
Our Certified Anger Management Specialists are trained through the National Anger Management Association and have three decades of combined experience working in the field of Criminal Justice.